Saying goodbye, for now...

Peggy Lippman, Bond's handler, has left Becoming Independent and we wish her well in her new adventure. Bonds has gone with her and will be back to visit Becoming Independent soon.

New Friend at BI

There is another dog visiting Becoming Independent's Santa Rosa campus. On Wednesday, January 19th, we broke ground on our new Celebrate Community Library. Gary from Treeline Construction is helping us with the construction of this great, new community resource.

During construction we are taking our visitor policy very seriously, incuding Serac, who proudly wears his name tag while accompanying Gary to work. His name, Serac, is the term for a block or column of ice formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier, which are often house-sized or larger.

Update on hit & run survivor

As many of you heard on my blog back in September, one of our Board of Directors, Cindy White, was critically injured in a hit & run accident.  After spending 30 days in the hospital, Cindy was thankful to spend Thanksgiving at home with her family.

Although the driver has yet to be found, Cindy is staying positive. Read the article about Cindy's progress on the Press Democrat's website: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20101124/ARTICLES/101129785?tc=ar

Anna Johnson

This is a neat video about one of the artists at Becoming Independent. Anna creates art at the Santa Rosa Campus where I go to work everyday! Here is a really sweet photo of Anna and me from early 2010:

Hit-and-run victim seriously injured

This is not my usual post, but it is very important. Please read & spread the word!

One of our participants and Board Member, Cindy White was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in downtown Petaluma on Monday. Cindy was on her way to work when she was hit by an older model Ford pickup, white with a two-tone burgundy stripe, and a chrome bumper. Anyone with information on the collision is asked to call Petaluma Officer Bert Walker at 778-4455.

Read more in the Press Democrat's article: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100921/ARTICLES/100929877